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Today we are going to find out about the early
life of Roald Dahl. We are also going to look at
words which have ph in them.
The Life And Work Of Roald Dahl
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Contents Page
CHAPTER ONE EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER TWO THE WAR EFFORT
CHAPTER THREE THE WRITER
CHAPTER FOUR THE LATER YEARS
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Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff 13 September 1916.
His father was a rich ship-broker who died when
Dahl was only three years old. Dahl went to
school in Cardiff until he was nine, then he went
to a boarding school in Weston-super-Mare in
England for four years.
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In September 1934, Dahl joined the Shell Oil
Company. It had offices all over the world and
Dahl hoped he would be sent to work in one.
Every day after lunch he would eat a chocolate
bar, using the silver wrappings to make a bigger
and bigger ball which he kept on his desk. In
autumn 1938, Dahl was finally sent abroad to
Tanzania. He wrote to his mother, There were
giraffes, elephants, zebras, lions, antelopes all
over the place.
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ph
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Activity One Copy out the following sentences
adding the correct spelling.
1 The (photographer/fotographer) found the
camera lying on the floor. 2 (The
phearless/fearless) hero leapt onto the villains
back. 3 The disc jockey held the
(microphone/microfone) and started speaking to
the audience. 4 The (pheasant/feasant) ran out
of the farmhouse door. 5 The (phantom/fantom)
flew through the air in the haunted house. 6
Roald Dahl has had many (biographies/biografies)
written about him. 7 Victoria answered the
(telefone/telephone) while chewing a sticky
(tophee/toffee). Think of some sentences using
ph words.
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This weeks spellings
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Today we are going to find out about Roald Dahls
ambition to travel the world. We will use the
information to make notes of his journeys. We
will make use of the notes to make a map.
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The Outbreak Of War
When World War II broke out in September 1939,
Dahl joined the Royal Air Force. Since he was so
tall, his fellow pilots called him lofty. He
had to cram himself inside the cockpit of his
fighter plane.
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In September 1940, he was ordered to join 80
squadron for action, in western Egypt near the
border of Libya. Dahl had been given the wrong
position for 80 Squadron. His planes fuel ran
out! He tried to land, hit a boulder, the plane
caught fire, and Dahl rolled out of the
cockpit. He had been terribly wounded. Luckily
some British soldiers were patrolling nearby.
They picked him up and rushed him to Alexandria
in Egypt. After several months he recovered and
returned to the war as a hero.
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After the war, Dahl had many girlfriends, but
in New York on 20 October 1952, he met his future
wife, Patricia Neal.
Dahl married Pat in July 1953. After a honeymoon
tour of Europe, including France, he took her
home to meet his family.
For a short while they lived in America, where
Pat became a famous actress. She starred in the
film Hud with Paul Newman.
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Where in the world? Why?
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Where in the world? Why?
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Make notes on all the different places in the
world where Roald Dahl travelled. Using the
information write a sentence about what happened
to him in each of these countries. Use the
Mapstart books to help you locate each of the
countries
Roald Dahl joined a squadron of fighters.
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Today we are going to read and discuss
information about Roald Dahls first published
work. We will look at the format of this
biography to plan one of our own.
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Roald Dahl -The Writer
Roald Dahl turned his adventures in the war into
a story for adults. He called it Shot Down Over
Libya. He began to write many famous novels and
short stories.
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Dahl sometimes found it difficult to write
stories for adults and began sending his
publishers stories written for children. The
first one was James and the Giant Peach. It
was published in 1961. It received a mixture of
positive and negative reviews. One reviewer
compared it with Alice in Wonderland. He
followed this novel with Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. Within a month, it had sold
10,000 copies.
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Disaster Strikes
During this time, Dahls seven year old daughter
died of measles. He found it very hard to talk
about his feelings and for a while seemed to lose
the will to live.
Dahls family home in England
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What makes a good question? Why?
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Today we are going to read and discuss
information about Roald Dahls first published
work. We are going to think of a number of
questions to ask our interviewee.
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In later life, Dahl described in detail how he
wrote his books, and also where he wrote them.
He seemed fascinated by the process of writing.
In his writing shed in the grounds of his home,
he would sit in a faded armchair, his legs in a
sleeping bag for warmth.
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During the 1980s, Dahl turned 70 and became a
famous legend. One new book after another
achieved success. In 1984 and 1986, Dahl decided
to write two autobiographies about his early life
called Boy and Going Solo. His last full
length book, Matilda (1988) was about a girl
who overcomes her bullying parents. In six
months, Matilda sold half a million copies.
Dahl died in 1990. Two books, The Minpins and
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke were published after
his death.